Memorandum desk calendar



Aug. 3,1926. 1,594,665 N. P. DANA MEMORANDUM DESK CALENDAR Filed April 12, 1923 earsirr e @eine NORMAN DAMA, 0F PORTLAND, MAINE.

MEMORANDUM DESK CALENDAR.

Application led. April 12,`

My invention relates to memorandum desk calendars constructed tor making memoranda and the lile and theparticular pur pose olf the invention is to construct a pad arranged with a means ot holding' a series ol strips or elongated cads divided ott into spaces, one tor each day o'l' he week. lie pad is designed to be so arranged that a plurality ot strips preferably three in nu1n ber, each representing one weelr will at all times be in sight.

Ot the three weekly cards in sight, one will present the current weelr, one the week last past and one the nei-:t coming weel.

" rlChe 'cards are preferably printed on both sides so that with 26 cards using' ioth sides of each card, the entire year oit 52 weels will be covered.

A storage space is pro f'ided for in the device in which the cards as tast as tney are used are moved along from one weel to the next and then tiled in the storage space where they are arranged in their proper order.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawingin vwhich the construction or" the device as l prefer to malte it and the manner in which it is used is iully illustrated.

Reierring` to the drawing1- Fip. 1 is a perspective view ot my desk pad ready for use, Y

Fig. 2 is a perspective view with the card holdingplate raised to show the interior,

Fig. 3 is an end elevation with the cardholding plate in the same position as shown in Fig. 2, and with a portion of the cards tilted forward.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1 and,

' Fig. 5 is one ot the cards bent to show the printingv on opposite sides.

Referring to the drawing, 1. represents the card-holding plate which forms the upper surface ot the pad. The plate 1 is large enough to support three elongating cards 2, 3, and 4. each ot which is removably held in a pocket 5 from which it may be readily removed. As shown, each pocket is formed ot a recess struck up from the material of the plate which is preferably made of sheet metal, a recess being` formed at each end of the card. The end ot the card is held in place by being` slipped into the recess 5.

The card. it desired, can be removed trom the pocket 5 by being sprung up in the mid- 1923. Serial. No. 631,553.

dle and it can be replaced by 'being bent in the center., the ends inserted in the recesses 5 and the carl flattened.

As here shown, the holder is made wide enough tor three cards, two of which are held in pockets on the pad proper' while the third is held on a rearward extension 6 which is bent upwardly troni the rear end oi the iront portion o't the pad proper to form an inclinedextension where the card will be plainly in sight.

Each ot the cards l2, 3, and 4 and the other 23 cards which constitute the entire number usually necessary are divided oit into seven spaces to represent the days ot the` week, cach being' also numbered to correspond to the days oit the month.

The cards 2, 3, and 4 and the pockets 5 in which they are held are arranged in line trom 'trent to rear of the pad so that the daily spaces will come one above the other in line and the days ot the week are .indicated by a strip 7 which is secured by rivets 8 or otherwise along the upper edge ot the extension 6. nihey are thus arranged to head the line oit days as printed on the faces ot the cards. The strip 7 is marked trom Sunday to Saturday indicated by the usual abbreviations. y

rl'ihe card-holding plate 1 with its rear eX- tension 6 is held in a position sloping slightly iorward, and the plate support 1 is pivoted to the rear portion oit the support by pivots 11. The support is made up of a rear member 9 and two end members 10. rlhe upper edges incline forward to give a forwardly inclining surface for the pad. rlhe rear member 9 and the end member 1() are made up ot metal plates integral with each other having their lower portions bent inward to form flanges 9 and 10 which provide supportingv surfaces to support the several record cards 2, 3, 4, etc. all marked 12 when shown inside the pad proper ywhere they are stored.

The'surtaces ot the -flanges 10 and 9 are covered with rubber, -telt or other trictional material which will hold the lower edges ot the cards 12 from slipping when they are stored in the inside ot the pad.

The three cardsl 2, 3, and 4 are placed in their corresponding pockets 5 coming in line trom front to rear with the days of the week in line over each other.

Thus, card 3 indicates the current week,

position ot card 2 in place of card t the past week and card 2 the next week. The user thus has three weeks under his eye and can make memoranda. or consult memoranda made for that time.

At the expiration of the present week, card 2 which indicates next week is moved up to the place occupied by rcard 3 and becomes the current week for the next weelrs operation. Card 3 is moved upward to the position ot card et and card 4t is added to the rear endk ot cards l2 stored beneath. By lit'ting the card-holding plate, access is given to the space beneath and the spare cards l2 may be placed in position or removed therefrom. y

Cards l2 are ar nanaed in regular order from the rear toward 'the iront.y each card as it is inserted being placed inthe rear and the card which is taken the rstorage place beneath is taken 'from the front portion or" the stored cards and placed in the card 2.

The cards 1.2 have their lower edges resting on the two extensions l0 and 9', the surfaces ot which are covered with felt or rubber or other frictional material so that the cards when placed together will occupy a leaning or backwardly inclined position. By manipulating them properly, they can be tilted forward to a forwardly inclined position and any desired Cardiol' the entire year may be consulted or receiver memoranda.

The cards tilted forward are read in their reverse position as shown in Fig. 5.

Each `of the record cards is printed on both sides, the figures and letters being so .arranged that when the card is reversed 1t will be seen in an upright position, 4,that is toY say, the figures and letters on one side -are reversed in respect to those on the opposite side. as shown in F 1g. 5.

F or convenience of arrangement, weeks indicated on the opposite side of each card are exactly 26 weeks apart or one-half year. For instance, the week beginning January 1st,'it an even week happens to begin at that time would have on its opposite side' the week beginning July 1st which would be exactly six months in advance.

this arrangement, the cards are kept regularly arrangedl in .the storage space and the three cards which represent three adjacent weelr are regularly moved into place from the cardsin the storage space without being` disturbed. f

it will be seen that when the cards are in their normal position entries may be made 1from one day to two weeks `ahead orn any given date.

l claim zy l. A memorandum calendar including a `cartl-holding plate, a support to the rear port-ion of which said plate is pivoted, said support consisting` of a back piece and two end pieces, each having an inward projecting card-supporting flange, each flange-having a frictional surface for holding the loose cards in position and card-holding pockets formed in said plate.

2. A memorandum calendar including a card-holding plate, the rear portion of wliichis bent or inclined upwardly, a plate support to the rear portion of vwhich said plate is pivoted, said support consisting ot a back piece and two end pieces, each Ypiece having an inwardly extending card-supporting flange, said flanges having frictional surfaces; and lpockets supported on said plate for removably holding elongated memorandum cards.

NORMAN P'. DANA. 

